From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QS94k-0006jS-Fm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:40:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D758F1C00B; Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AA361C00B for ; Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so893175wyi.40 for ; Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:39:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=UkHSJ/AoOLw4SaBhxlMvT62NE+g00I9229hv3pIrpcU=; b=QeoKUOvPFqb9cPwzJAT3FMlFlGIEJLJWmVo6AvANPfpnaiQYSr+QYySUYYE4kldPfy th+RfQQ1ubeluZ/05tp4cwY0bGtMB4EMEAqXYHf1kjTJrEYBOCPs/g4Rg/cW+cRVfkA8 1TGhyQdShEHeWt+KsJ2bb0YISa6aQ+QGfNrsw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=rrcWICzR31h2FoUocyKKnPP2PrrdMm9SuhzdonikEFZNnux8GospT0W0wIdluawadc pDtO7oWd6pQ7SDWb8+OG07AigCZyrLSABo2JzGWxoorX2PRPPST46PL79hht1EEFIuNc WKs0tvKpw/LlIyczO1lNOxH2gtjjJiOQ0DRkQ= Received: by 10.216.221.30 with SMTP id q30mr775852wep.84.1307025554666; Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-215-91-253.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.215.91.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w62sm360869wec.18.2011.06.02.07.39.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:39:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:38:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-ck; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110602130929.GB27716@gaurahari.merseine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20110602130929.GB27716@gaurahari.merseine.nu> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201106021638.32509.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3dbdf6fdd117720d0ab4bff499103341 Apparently, though unproven, at 15:09 on Thursday 02 June 2011, Indi did opine thusly: > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 04:30:02PM +0200, Mike Edenfield wrote: > > On 6/1/2011 5:47 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Apparently, though unproven, at 11:31 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, Indi > > > did > > > > > > opine thusly: > > >> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 02:00:01AM +0200, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > >>> Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully > > >>> crafted work from time immemorial, without so much as a > > >>> by-your-leave. Anyone who wants to delete his own work is free to do > > >>> so, but the rest of us ought not to be required to suffer it. > > >> > > >> Doesn't matter to me, my longstanding rsync habit ensures there are > > >> always a couple of copies of my last known good configuration. > > >> Doesn't your carefully crafted work from time immemorial deserve > > >> rsync too? [cue rsync jingle] > > >> > > >> :) > > > > > > That's like saying that just because I have panel-beating skills and > > > lots of scrap metal in the back yard that it's perfectly OK for > > > marauding gangs of thugs to have at my car in the parking lots with > > > baseball bats. > > > > Best analogy ever. > > Hardly, though it does have a lot of drama which is what matters to > some. :) Actually it's quite relevant. Just because I have and can use rsync to undo damage done by dubious features of portage is not a valid reason for portage to have dubious features. Which explains why portage by and large does not have dubious features. So it's a good analogy, differing only in degree of devastation. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com